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Dr. Daryl Ireland Featured in Series on Prominent Historians of Christianity in China
Dr. Daryl Ireland, Associate Director of the CGCM, recently was interviewed for a video series entitled “Christianity in China: Recollections on the Field by Prominent Scholars,” sponsored by the Whitworth University Library and the China Christianity Studies Group. The series includes talks with other well-known scholars of the field such as Drs. Wu Xiaoxin, Chloë […]
Christian Hymns in Central Yunnan: Discussion with Film Director Hu Jie
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is hosting a discussion with documentary film maker Hu Jie. This event would be of interest for any person whose work intersects with Christianity among ethnic minority groups in China, anthropological or sociological studies, or documentary film! ‘Songs from Maidichong’ 1st Prize, Yage Prize (Visual Arts) Winning Works, 2020 […]
Call for Abstracts from the US-China Catholic Association
The US-China Catholic Association is currently accepting paper abstracts for its conference on “China, Christianity, and the Dialogue of Civilizations,” to take place August 6-8, 2021 on the campus of Santa Clara University. The theme of this conference is the engagement between Christianity and Chinese civilization. Panels may examine this theme in light of recent […]
Digital Humanities: Mapping Christianity in China
On November 19-21, 2020, the Center for Global Christianity and Mission convened a workshop on “Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950.” The Center launched the China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) project in 2018 to map where every Christian church, school, hospital, monastery, orphanage, publishing house, and the like were located in China between 1550 and 1950. […]
New Videos: Political and Popular Theology in Chinese Christian Posters
At the Overseas Ministry Study Center at Princeton Seminary, Dr. Daryl Ireland recently gave two rich visual presentations using Chinese Christian evangelistic posters to uncover the political and popular theology of revivalistic Chinese Protestantism in the mid-20th century. These two presentations are now available at the CGCM’s YouTube page. Check them out below!
BU Undergrad Earns Prize for Work on China Historical Christian Database
Solomon Shuangyu Liang, a BU undergrad history major, has just received the Outstanding Student Researcher Award for his excellent work with the China Historical Christian Database. Liang has received 4 grants from the BU undergraduate research program (UROP) over his years at the university. Liang will also be helping to facilitate the workshop highlighting the […]
New Book: Making Christ Present in China
Congratulations to Dr. Michel Chambon, who has just published Making Christ Present in China: Actor Network Theory and the Anthropology of Christianity with Palgrave Macmillan. The work focuses on material culture and uses actor-network theory to investigate the development of Christianity in Nanping, China. Dr. Chambon, who graduated with a PhD in anthropology, was an […]
Workshop: Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950
Dr. Daryl Ireland, Dr. Eugenio Menegon, and Alex Mayfield are hosting a workshop entitled “Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950: Developing Relational and Geospatial Tools for the Study of Christianity in China,” which will showcase their China Historical Christian Database. The database is a geo-spacial tool that allows scholars to see the interconnections between all kinds […]
Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC) Fall Online Events
Due to the pandemic and the difficulty of international travel, the Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC), located at Princeton Theological Seminary, will be offering many online events during the fall 2020 semester. The first online seminar will be jointly-led by Professors Andrew and Ingrid Walls on September 15-17. CGCM Director Dana Robert will be […]